Guest House
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Katie!
Powerful words and images. Watching the video evokes a whooshing feeling inside (as in where did that go!). Continual motion. In and out, like the ebb and flow of the tides. Deeply, deeply cleansing. Light in, debris out. Trinity's "Higher Paradigm" meditation comes to mind as does Rumi's poem "Guest House".
"This being human is a guest house
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all.
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond."
x Cathy
